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| Criterion |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |  Delivery RAID Log |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60–90 min | 45-60 min | 30 min Setup, dann laufend | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking | RAID Log, Status Report Source | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation | RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |